Listen to free audiobook with a 30 day free trial :https://esound.space/audibleTitle: The TontineAuthor: Thomas B. CostainNarrator: David CaseFormat: UnabridgedLength: 41 hrs and 1 minLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 08-24-10Publisher: Random House AudioGenres: Fiction, HistoricalSummary:Tontine is a form of gambling - part lottery, part insurance. It begins with the Day the Battle of Waterloo was fought and ends at the closing of the 19th century.The drama touches royalty and millionaires, actresses and sailors, planters and portrait painters. It ranges from London to the Caribbean, driven by a world in high gear, a world powered by greed.But time flies by. Three survivors wait each other out. Then two, and at last, only one. . .a winner with everything but a future.Contact: [email protected]

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